Ontario funds new family medical school as it preps for 2028 opening
2026-07-30 from globalnews.ca
Ontario is investing $55.8 million to support planning and operations for York University’s new school of medicine, which the province says will help train more family doctors as millions of Ontarians remain without access to primary care.
The school, expected to welcome its first class in 2028, will be the first medical school in Ontario focused on training family physicians, according to a Government of Ontario news release Thursday.
The funding will support planning work including accreditation, curriculum development, faculty recruitment, a medical library, training costs and operating expenses for undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
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